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An iron will to get South Africa back on the rails
Afrimat CEO urges government to let private sector take major role in running logistics infrastructure
06 November 2022 - 08:27
Andries van Heerden, CEO of R6.8bn diversified industrial group Afrimat, says continuing ideological resistance to meaningful private sector involvement in running freight lines and ports is a disaster for South Africa.
“As a country we're exposed to Transnet. If you look at how important bulk commodity exports are for our country, it's a disaster,” he says...
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